TY - JOUR AU - Ismail, Haamid AU - Fayaz, Farhana AU - Ismail, Nadia PY - 2020/10/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Knowledge and perception of postmenopausal women towards menopause JF - International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences JA - Int J Res Med Sci VL - 8 IS - 11 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20204878 UR - https://www.msjonline.org/index.php/ijrms/article/view/8713 SP - 3920-3923 AB - <p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Aim of the research was to study the knowledge and perception of postmenopausal women towards menopause.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> It was a cross sectional study which was carried at outpatient department of psychiatry, Government medical college, Srinagar over a period of 3 months. Participants who fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study were evaluated on a semi-structured proforma for demographic variables, knowledge and attitude towards menopause.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 120 postmenopausal women were included in our study. Mean age of study population was s 54.5±8.6 years. Majority of women belonged to rural background (80.0%) in the age group of 51-60 years (58.3%), married (78.3%), having 1-3 issues (53.3%) and had received no formal education (67.5%). Menopause was natural in (80.8%) of women and (19.2%) had surgical menopause. 85% of study population had heard about menopause at the time their periods stopped mostly from family elders and friends. 45% had knowledge about the age of the menopause, while as only (20.8%) were aware about the symptoms of menopause. 56.6% of study population were having positive perception about the menopause.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Majority of our women were unaware of menopausal symptoms. Most of them considered it as a natural process of aging and thus were having a positive perception about the menopause.</p> ER -